Berwick wraps up D-1 crown

Dave Scherbenco / The Citizens' Voice
Ian Litchkofski, a fourth-grade special needs student in the Nanticoke Area district, was the honorary captain for the Trojans on Monday. He delievered the lineup card and also threw out the first pitch.

At Hazleton, Berwick wrapped up the Division 1 regular-season title with a 6-4 victory win over Hazleton Area on Monday.

Joey Favata went 2 for 3 and Alex Klinger earned the win in relief for Berwick.

Berwick Hazleton Area

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Melito ss 4 0 0 0 Klein rf 1 0 0 1

Morales cf 3 1 1 1 Baran cf 4 1 1 1

Lashock 3b 4 1 1 0 Biasi ss/p 4 0 3 1

Miller 1b 3 1 1 1 Craig c 3 0 1 1

McAvoy cf 0 1 0 0 Hernandez p/p 0 0 0 0

Stout c 2 0 1 1 John dh 4 1 1 0

Favata rf 3 0 2 2 O'Donnell 3b 3 0 0 0

May lf 3 1 0 0 Carrelli 1b 1 1 0 0

DeNoia p 0 0 0 0 Sullivan 1b 2 0 0 0

Klinger p 0 0 0 0 Panzarella 2b 3 0 0 0

Kyttle dh 4 1 1 0 Klein lf 1 1 0 0

Laubach 2b 2 0 1 0

Totals 28 6 8 5 Totals 26 4 6 4

Berwick 200 210 1 - 6

Hazleton Area 030 100 0 - 4

Berwick IP H R ER BB SO

DeNoia 1â  2 3 2 2 1

Klinger, WP 3â  3 1 1 0 2

Miller 2 1 0 0 0 0

Hazleton Area IP H R ER BB SO

Hernandez, LP 6 6 6 4 4 5

Biasi 1 2 0 0 0 0

Dallas 11

Wyoming Area 7

At Dallas, Brian Stepniak went the distance on the mound to get the win with seven strikeouts and he helped his caused with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored, leading Dallas.

Greg Petorak went 3 for 3 with a triple and an RBI. Bill Gately had a double and drove in two runs, while Justin Brojakowski added two singles and four RBIs.

Bart Chupka had three singles for WA. Tret Grove added a double and single and Jake Granteed had two singles and two RBIs.

Dallas Wyoming Area

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Zapoticky rf 5 2 2 0 Walkowiak cf 4 0 0 0

Stearns cf 4 2 2 0 Carey 2b/p 4 1 1 0

Petorak 2b 3 4 3 1 Lopatka rf/p 4 1 1 0

Stepniak p 3 2 1 3 Grove c 4 2 2 0

Gately c 3 0 1 2 Chupka 1b 4 1 3 1

Brojakowski 3b 4 1 2 4 Clark pr 0 0 0 0

Jefcoat pr 0 0 0 0 Gavenonis p 1 0 0 0

Narcum 3b 0 0 0 0 Romanelli 2b 0 1 0 0

Oliveri lf 2 0 0 0 Granteed ss 4 1 2 2

Mullin 1b 0 0 0 0 Zezza 3b 2 0 0 0

Zawatski dh 3 0 1 1 Mapes lf 2 0 0 0

McCrumm 2b 3 0 0 0 Wrubel lf 1 0 0 0

Pilger ph 0 0 0 0 Michaels ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 30 11 12 11 Totals 31 7 9 3

Dallas 321 140 0 - 11

Wyoming Area 300 040 0 - 7

2B: Brian Stepniak (Dal), Bill Gately (Dal).

3B: Greg Petorak (Dal).

Dallas IP H R ER BB SO

Stepniak, WP 7 9 7 5 2 7

Wyoming Area IP H R ER BB SO

Gavenonis 2 5 6 4 2 2

Carey, LP 2â  6 5 5 2 2

Lopatka 1â  1 0 0 0 3

Coughlin 6

Crestwood 5

At Crestwood, Dave Mariggi was the winning pitcher with five strikeouts and he also went 2 for 2, for Coughlin.

Kyle Lupas had two singlesand Pat Hall chipped in with a single and two RBIs.

Anthony Caladie paced Crestwood with three RBIs.

Coughlin Crestwood

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Parsnik cf 1 3 0 0 Sadvary 2b 4 0 1 0

Marriggi p 2 2 2 0 Chupka cf 2 0 1 0

Lupas 1b 3 0 2 1 Munisteri cf 1 1 1 0

Featherman 3b 3 1 1 1 Rineheimer c 3 1 0 0

Rivera 2b 0 0 0 0 Goyne rf 3 0 1 0

Hall dh 4 0 1 2 Murphy p/p 0 0 0 0

Adamczyk c 4 0 0 0 Kaster p/p 0 0 0 0

Andrews rf 3 0 1 1 Eyerman p/p 0 0 0 0

Dougher p 0 0 0 0 Engler dh 2 0 1 1

Bednarczyk lf 3 0 1 0 Yenchik dh 1 1 1 0

Wozniak ss 3 0 0 0 O'Connell 1b 2 0 0 0

Wychock 1b 2 1 1 0

Reyes pr 0 1 0 0

Snyder ss 3 0 1 0

Markowski ph 0 0 0 0

Rineheimer 3b 2 0 0 0

Caladie 3b 2 0 2 3

Piavis lf 2 0 0 0

Markowski lf 2 0 0 0

Totals 26 6 8 5 Totals 31 5 10 4

Coughlin 203 100 0 - 6

Crestwood 100 001 3 - 5

Coughlin IP H R ER BB SO

Marriggi, WP 6 7 2 2 4 5

Dougher â  3 3 0 1 0

Featherman â  0 0 0 0 1

Crestwood IP H R ER BB SO

Murphy, LP 2 2 2 2 1 0

Kaster 2 5 4 4 4 1

Eyerman 3 1 0 0 0 3

Nanticoke 5

GAR 2

At Nanticoke, the Trojans closed out the regular season by breaking through in the fifth with four runs.

Joe Olszyk got the win with two innings of hitless relief for starter Morgan Higgs. Olszyk (double) also had the only extra base hit in the game.

Both teams had four hits.

GAR Nanticoke

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Reyes cf 2 2 1 1 Maul 2 1 0 1

Sickler lf 2 0 1 0 Myers 3 0 0 0

Evans p 3 0 1 0 Higgs p 3 0 1 1

Faust 3b 3 0 0 1 Malshefski cf 3 0 0 0

Skrepenak 1b 2 0 1 0 Kreitzer rf 0 0 0 0

Williamson ss 1 0 0 0 Rmnowski dh 3 0 0 0

Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0 Yanus pr 0 0 0 0

Skrepenak rf 3 0 0 0 Valenti 1b 2 1 0 0

O'Day c 3 0 0 0 Benscoter pr 0 1 0 0

Scott lf 1 0 0 0

Boyle lf 2 1 1 0

Sorber lf 0 0 0 0

Marcnkwski c 2 1 1 1

Olszyk p 1 0 1 1

Rosick ss 2 0 0 0

Totals 22 2 4 2 Totals 24 5 4 4

GAR 100 010 0 - 2

Nanticoke 000 041 x - 5

2B: Joe Olszyk (NA).

GAR IP H R ER BB SO

Evans, LP 7 4 5 5 3 7

Nanticoke IP H R ER BB SO

Olszyk, WP 2 0 0 1 1 2

Higgs 5 4 2 2 6 6

Wyoming Valley West 10

Pittston Area 2

At Pittston Area, Joe Pechulis highlighted a nine-run second inning with a three-run home run to power the Spartans.

Bill Gregory got the win, pitching seven innings of one-hit ball. Gregory came on for Dan Flaherty in the first after Flaherty struggled with his controle, walking the first three batters and hitting the fourth.

Chris McCue had two of Valley West's nine hits.

Felix Mascelli had the lone hit for the Patriots.

Valley West Pittston Area

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Sabecky cf 2 1 1 0 Razvillas 1b 2 2 0 0

Hospador ph 1 0 1 0 McGinty ss/p 1 0 0 0

Stayer rf 4 1 1 2 Turonis p/p 1 0 0 0

Zavada ph 0 0 0 0 Delaney cf 0 0 0 0

Leonard 2b 3 1 1 2 Kielbosa dh 2 0 0 0

Hogan 2b 1 1 0 0 Rowan lf 1 0 0 2

Hogan lf 4 0 1 0 Mascelli 2b 3 1 1 0

McCue 1b 3 1 0 0 Schwab p/p 1 0 0 0

McCue ss 3 2 2 1 Emmet 2b 2 0 0 0

Pechulis dh 3 2 1 3 Bolka lf 3 0 0 0

Doroskwicz 3b 4 0 1 1 Martinelli 3b 3 0 0 0

Harrison c 3 1 0 0 Houseman c 3 0 0 0

Reyes ph 1 0 0 0 Mott p 0 0 0 0 Flaherty 0 0 0 0

Gregory p 0 0 0 0

Totals 32 10 9 9 Totals 22 3 1 2

Valley West 090 000 1 - 10

Pittston Area 101 001 0 - 2

2B: Mike Leonard (VW), Jeremy Sabecky (VW). HR: Joe Pechulis (WVW).

Wyoming Valley West IP H R ER BB SO

Flaherty 0 0 1 1 3 0

Gregory, WP 7 1 2 1 1 2

Pittston Area IP H R ER BB SO

Schwab 1 2 0 0 0 0

Mott, LP â  4 6 5 2 0

McGinty 2â  2 3 0 0 1

Turonis 3 1 1 1 4 2

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